The new copresenting relationship may seem like inside baseball in that it does not directly affect what audiences hear and see. But, in fact, Opera Philadelphia sees the Kimmel contribution as a vote of confidence in the future of its new festival format, which it rolled out last season.
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They Can Now 3D-Print Pointe Shoes For Ballet Dancers
Product design graduate Hadar Neeman saw the feet of a ballerina friend and thought there had to be a way to make a pointe shoe that offers more protection. So she designed one. Custom-printed out of elastomeric polymer and synthetic satin to match a scan of the dancer’s foot, Neeman’s shoes reportedly last three times as long as traditional handmade pointe shoes.